The fantastic little program known as the Salsa Beat Machine, is the brainchild of Salsa4Fun. This little flash based program will plant those salsa rhythms in your head with the ability to solo instruments, change patterns from simple to complex, adjust the chord progression, and add an instructors count (123-567). You may be surprised by how pervasive the polyrhythms are in Salsa music... You can choose between a dozen of instruments, rhythms and programs, including a Piano, Clave, Bass, Congas, Bongos and many others. Suitable both for beginner dancers and musicians, use it to improve you dance timing, to practice playing Salsa music, or just for fun! Main features: - Support both Salsa Music and Merengue Music - Interact with instruments to train your ears to distingush each instrument - Practice your timing On-1 and On-2 - Combine and arrange instruments to create different salsa tunes, including a human voice counting the beats of the music. - Visualizer display to help you associate what you hear with the musical instrument playing the pattern. - Includes 15 different piano patterns, 8 Bass patterns, 16 percussion patterns including Tumabo, Guaguanco, Cascara, Rumba and more. - Instructor voice counting the beats (one, two, three - five, six, seven, etc) - Piano keyboard display for figuring out the notes and melody - Automatic control for periodically changing the musical key